Lunch-box handle and fastener.



No. '769,65'7. PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904. J. D. KING.

LUNCH BOX HANDLE AND FASTENEE.

APPLICATION PILED APR. 29. 1903 UNITED STATES Patented September 6, 1904;.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN D. KING, OF MOUNT STERLING, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO JAMES A. SHIRLEY, OF MOUNT STERLING, KENTUCKY.

LUNCH-BOX HANDLE AND FASTENER- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,657, dated September 6, 1904. Application filed April 29,1903. Serial No. 154,862. (No model.)

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Be it known that 1, JOHN D. KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hount Sterling, in the county of Montgomery and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Lunch-Box Handle and Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to box or basket cover fastening means: and one of the objects in view is to provide a device of this class which will also serve as a handle.

Another object is to removably secure the handle to the receptacle, so that said handle can be detached during shipment to minimize space.

Other objects, as well as the novel details of construction illustrated as the preferred embodiment of my invention, will be specifically described hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whieh Figure l is a perspective view of a box and handle ready for use, and Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the handle.

The reference-numeral 1 designates the box or receptacle of rectangular formation and preferably constructed of cardboard, strawboard, papier-mfich, leather-board, or similar material, and provided with a lid or cover 2, fitting over the upper edge thereof.

A handle is provided which performs the additional function of securing the cover, and for this purpose it is constructed of a single piece of stiff wire hat'ing an intermediate arcuate or bowed portion forming a grip 3, the ends of which merge into oppositely-disposed approximately horizontal ofi'sets 4: and 5, which bear against the top of the cover. The offsets 4L and 5 terminate in depending parallel arms 6 and 7, parallel with and resting against the sides of the box and having terminal angular loops 8 and 9 disposed below the upper edge of the lid, permitting the arms (5 and T to hold the lid against lateral displacement to receive spring-engaging devices to be referred to hereinafter.

It will be observed that a handle-engaging device is attached to each end of the box by means of a strap or other suitable flexible connection 10. The handle-engaging device preferably employed comprises a plate ll, provided with a transverse elongated slot 12, through which one of the straps 10 passes to secure the plate to the box end. A springactuated flat pivoted cam lever or tongue 13 is carried by the end of the plate 11 most distant from the slot and is designed'to engage one of the terminal angular loops of the handle to hold the handle rigidly connected with the receptacle. The tongues 13 are so disposed with relation to the terminal loops of the handle that when said loops are positively engaged the otfsets a and 5 bear upon and firmly hold the cover upon the box. By swinging the cam levers or tongues upon their pivots so that the loops will be disengaged the handle may be removed. In actual practice the advantage of having the handle removable will be appreciated to a considerable degree, particularly as said handles can be placed inside the box when said boxes are crated or packed for shipping.

\Vhat is claimed is 1. The combination with a receptacle and a lid therefor, of an arched handle having offsets resting upon the top of the receptacle and having depending angular terminal loops projecting below the lid and lying parallel with the wall of the receptacle, and spring-pressed tongues on the box and positively engaging said loops to hold the handle rigidly connected with the receptacle.

2. The combination with a receptacle having a cover, of a handle composed of a single piece of stiff wire bent intermediately to form a hand loop or grip with arms extending laterally in opposite directions from the ends of said loop and adapted to engage the top of the cover, said arms being bent intermediately at right angles to form depending members for engaging the sides of the receptacle-cover, 9

the free ends of said members being bent to In testimony that I claim the foregoing as I form angular loops arranged to lie parallel my own I. have hereto affixed my signature in with the side Walls of the receptacle, and fiat the presence of two Witnesses.

tongues movably secured to the side Walls of JOHN D. KING. 5 the receptacle in position to engage the an- Witnesses:

gular loops of said handle member to hold the HENRY WATSON,

handle rigidly connected With the receptacle. JOHN M. RAINEY. 

